At the IFA event in Berlin, Microsoft launched the Nokia Lumia 730 with dual SIM support, the Lumia 735 with 4G support and the Lumia 830 that sports a 10 MP PureView camera. The 730 is expected be priced at EUR 199, the 735 at EUR 249 and Lumia 830 at EUR 330.

Though most of the features are common on both the Lumia 730 and 735 there is just a minor difference. Both 730 and 735 handsets are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 quad core processor clocked at 1.2GHz and made for Selfies. Both handsets sport a 4.7 inch screen with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution and come with corning gorilla glass 3 protection.

There is 1GB RAM and 8GB storage along with external card support of up to 128GB. Both handsets comes with 6.7 MP camera on the rear with flash and a 5MP wide angle on the front for selfies. These handsets sail on Windows Phone 8.1. Both 730 and 735 houses a 2220 mAh battery with over 15 hours of talk-time on 3G and over 20 hours on 2G networks.

Nokia Lumia 730 and 735

The main difference between these two handsets is that the 730 supports dual SIM with 3G whereas the 735 comes with a single SIM slot but with 4G support.

The Nokia Lumia 830 is running WP 8.1 (the new Lumia Denim). This handset is powered by 1.2GHz snapdragon 400 quad core processor. It sports a 5 inch ClearBlack LCD IPS screen with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution.

Nokia Lumia 830

There is 1GB RAM, 16GB storage and 128GB external micro SD card support. The 830 houses a 10MP PureView rear AF camera with Carl Zeiss optics. There is 1MP front camera too. The 830 also includes SensorCore that is a motion sensing technology with low power consumption. The fitness apps will be using this technology. Nokia Lumia 830 (supports 4G) comes with 2200 mAh battery with wireless charging support.

No word about when these Nokia Lumia smartphones will be made available in India.

By Rajeev Rana

Founder and Chief Editor - gogi.in